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Mar 28, 2008 at 12:01 AMMar 28, 2008 at 12:47 PM

Friday, March 28, 2008

Staff reports

Bath man arrested after chase

ERWIN – A Bath man wanted for a parole violation led police on a high-speed chase Thursday afternoon on state Route 15, then pulled over and fled a half-mile into the woods on foot before he was caught.

According to state police based at Painted Post, Christian P. Riley, 22, was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment and first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both felonies.

He was also charged with driving while intoxicated by drugs and third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors, as well as numerous vehicle and traffic infractions.

At approximately 4:30 p.m., state troopers attempted to pull over a vehicle that was headed northbound on Route 15 in the town of Erwin. They believed the vehicle was driven by Riley, who was wanted on a parole violation, police said.

Riley allegedly led police on a chase that lasted approximately one minute but reached speeds of 110 miles per hour, according to scanner reports. Authorities were in the process of setting up spikes in the highway to stop the vehicle, according to scanner reports, but Riley pulled into the Erwin rest area and fled into the woods.

Troopers pursued Riley on foot for about a half-mile before he was apprehended and taken into custody, authorities said.

Riley was turned over to the state Division of Parole and will be arraigned in Erwin Town Court at a later date.

SUNYIT presidential candidates to visit

UTICA – The nationwide search for the next president of SUNYIT has come down to five finalists. The candidates will visit the campus beginning Monday to Friday, April 11, to meet with members of the community. The finalists are: Jerry W. Samples, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Charles R. Westgate Sr., Ph.D., Bartle Professor and Dean Emeritus, Binghamton University Professor Emeritus, The Johns Hopkins University; Ronald B. Toll, Ph.D., Lebanon Valley College; Matthew C. Cordaro, Ph.D., C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University; Bjong Wolf Yeigh, Ph.D., Norwich University

They also hope to discuss their qualifications and vision for the school. Each candidate will be given an on-campus interview and will host an open forum in Kunsela Lecture Hall.

The search committee will select three finalists and forward them to the SUNYIT College Council. The council will in turn recommend the three acceptable candidates to John B. Clark, interim SUNY chancellor.

Clark will make the final decision and recommendation to the State University Board of Trustees.

The process is expected to be completed before June 2008.

More information and specific schedules will be available at: www.sunyit.edu/presidential_search.

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